Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Oita
Local:Japanese: カトリック大分教区
Latin:Dioecesis Oitaensis
Country:Japan
Territory:Ōita and Miyazaki
Metropolitan:Nagasaki 長崎
Province:Nagasaki 長崎
Rite:Latin Rite
Cathedral:St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Ōita
Area Km2:14,072
Population:2,368,659
Population As Of:2004
Catholics:5,764
Catholics Percent:0.2
Bishop:Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama
Bishop Title:Bishop
Metro Archbishop:Peter Michiaki Nakamura
Map:Giappone - Diocesi di Oita.png
Website:Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Oita (Latin: Dioecesis Oitaensis, Japanese: カトリック大分教区|Katorikku Ōita Kyōku) is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church), in the city of Ōita.

Diocese of Funai

The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonial prominence and missionary efforts in the Far East, as the Diocese of Funai (or Funay), on territory split off from the colonial Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.

It was suppressed around 1660, having had the following incumbents (all Portuguese missionary members of Latin Congregations):

History

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superior of Miyazaki
Apostolic Prefects of Miyazaki
Suffragan Bishops of Oita

See also

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